Carriage-window.



A. M. MODRY. CARRIAGE WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 23,1911.

w 3791 4; Patented Aug.` 27,1912.

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CARRIAGE-WINDOW.

-T all whomz't may concern.' Y

Be it known that L Atzous'r M. MonRr,'a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the cit ot N ew York, borough of BrookW lyn, in t e county otfliings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Carriage#Window, of which the following ,is a full, clear, and exact description.

My finvention relates to a window construction for carriages, and passenger vehicles in general, and it-comprises a pocketv into which the Window sash can be inserted, and from Which it can be w1thdrawn;v and means for guiding the sash 1n the course ot its movements into and out of the pocket.

Ih'ese means are arranged to engage the .edges of the sash at `all times with sufficient tightness to eliminate the' objectionable jar-` ring and rattling that is inet 'with in many of' the carriage Windows that are' now 1n common use.

`Reference is to be had to the accoinpanyf ing drawings forming a part. of this speci# tcationLin which the saine characters of reterence' indicate the saine parts intall' the `views.

',Figure l is a front view ot the frame of my improved carriage window, the saine being partly'in section to show the guiding means tor the window sash on the left-hand side thereof; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section oli the line Q of Fig. l, showing the guiding ineans in one position; Fig. 3 is a 'View similar-to that of Fi'g. 2, showing thc'gdiding means in another position; Fig. e is a perspective view ot a guide strip attached to the 'sides o1? the upper halt of the n-'indow trame; llig. is a transverse horizontal section tkv lien along the linev 5--5 of l; nil-fl'ig. (i is a similar view otI a torinshoiviug a iiiodilied guiding means for the window sash.

(in the drawings, l is a traine tor my iinproved window, .ifhich may be the door 'traine @the carriage, cab, or other vehicle on which the saine is used, as l. preferably locate luy in'iproved window in the door oi' tile vehicle. tlbviinisiy, however, I am not obliged to locate niy improved window ,in

lthe door et the carriaglje, but I may forni an ,openimv anyu'lune in the carriage wall and iiX traine, similar to the iframe shown at l, in such an opening itdesired.' This frame 'l has a pocket tornied in its lower halt,

this pocket being open at the top to receive a Specification of Letters Patent.

'rear edges of the recesses 7 and 4 Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application filed February 23, 1911. Serial No. 6l0,231.

window sash 3, a strap Jr being attached to the sash to enable the inmates ot the carriage to lower or the sash at will; 5 is a transverse sill .formed across the frame 1 adjacent the top of the pocketQ, and along theiniier edge of this sill is a shoulder against which the bott-oni or' the sash rests when the saine is vin its raised position.

The sides of the frame l have. recesses 7 therein extending .from the level of the sill to the top. These recesses 7 are narrowest at the top, and the sides thereof diverge in a downward direction, so that the maximum Width ofl these recesses is adjacent the sill 5. Recesses 7 are also formed in the sides of the lower halt of the trarne, that is, within the pocket 2. These recesses 7 are ofthe saine Width throughout; that. is, they are of the same width as the 'top of the recesses 7 in the upper half of the door traine; and the alinenient.. In consequence, the lower end of the recess 7 overlaps to'a'considerable extent the upper end otl the longitudinal recessl 7', and extends horizontally outward vto a sufficient distance to allow the lower end of the sash to"it between the front. or4 inclined edge ot the recess 7 and the transverse shoulder G of the sill 5.

Each ot the upper recesses 7 contains a' guide strip 8.' These gui-ile strips 8 areshown as provided with lugs or pivotal pro jections 9 at their upper' ends, fitting in recesses 9 formed in thesides of the recesses 7. Each guide strip has a tongue l0 cn the tace opposite the tace bearing the pivotal projection t); and*corresponding grooves are formed in the lateral .edges of the sash 3, to receive the tongues 10.

The guide strips 8 are thus pivotally connected with the frame adjacent their upper ends,4 and can be swung against either the forward or rear edges of the recess 7. .This swinging movement is not interfered with by the shoulder 6 on the sill, as'the shoulder G terminates short ot the tongue 10 of the guide strip 8, as shown on Figs. 5 and 6.

.While 'have shown these guide strips as provided with pivotal projections 9, it 1s' not necessary that these projectionst) be used. The -upper width of the longitudinal recesses 7 is about equal to the Width of the strips S; and these strips 8 will have the necessary lateral movement in the` recesses.

7, whether they lie pi'votedat their upper ends or not.' Angle pieces 12 close the tightly against rattling and jarring, which grooves 7 at the to it is the object of my invention to avoid.

The longitudinal-recesses 7 in t-he pocket Having thus described my invention, I 2 are fprovided with guide. strips having claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters n 5 tongueslO thereon, and are of the same Patent: 65 cross-sectional size and shape as the guide l. A window sash and means for forming i strips 8. These guide strips fit the recesses a pocket to receive the same, guiding means 7 snugly, and have -no movement, either for the sash arranged outside of said pocket, up or down, or from side to side. said guiding means being mounted for lat- 10 If preferred, I may use guide strips haveral movement, a sill to engage' said sash 70 ing grooves therein instead ot tongues, as when the same is withdrawn fromv the.` shown at 8 on Fig. 6, for .the upper recesses pocket, said sill being located `to one side of 7. These guide strips will coperate with said pocket, and al shoulder bet-Ween said sill groove guide strips 1l in the longitudinal and said pocket, said shoulder terminating recess 7 at the sides of theA pocket 2, and the short of thev ends of said sill to, permit the 75 window sash 3 willjhave tongues l1 proguiding means to be swung past said shouljecting from the vside edges of the saine to er. tit within the. groove guide strips 84 and 2. A window construction for vehicles, .'ll; otherwise the construction, will be the comprising a sash' and means for forming a 20 same as described in connection with they pocket to receive the same, guiding means in 80 preceding figures on the drawing. said pocket. to engage the sash when it yis The back of the pocket is shown at 2, and moved into said pocket and guiding means the top edge thereof lies at the same level for the sash arranged outside of said pocket, as the sill 5. In practice, the sash is made said outside guiding means being mounted y slightly shorter than the guide strips 8 by for lateral movement, a sill to engage said 85 a length approximately equal to the height sash when it is withdrawn from' said pocket@ ofthe shoulderon the sill 5. Vhen the sash said sill being located to one side of said is raised it is pushed up to the top of the pocket, and a shoulder bet-Ween said pocket frame l, and the guide strips 8l are then and said sill, said shoulder terminating swung forward; the bottom of the sash will short of the ends lof said sill to permit the 90 clear the top ofthe shoulder 6, and the guideoutside guiding means to be swung past strips 8 will pass the ends of the shoulder said shoulder. Y 6 until they lie against the front inclined 3. A window construction for vehicles, edges of the groove 7 The sash 3 can then comprising a sash and means for forming a be allowed to drop until i't rests upon the pocketto receive the said sash, guiding 9-5 sill 5, as shown lon Fig. 1. A suitable cross means in said pocket for said sash, guiding piece will engage the top of the. sash when means located outside of' said pocket, said it is in its raised position, in order to close guiding means being mounted for lateral n any, crack or opening at the top of the movementto permit the sash to beswung 40 frame 1. y into position to enter said pocket, said pocket 100 When it is desired to lower the sash, the being of such length that the sash will resame is lifted -to a sufiicient extent to clear tain its engagement with said outside guid-l n t-hetop ofthe shoulder 6, and then swung ving means when'it i'spushedinto said pocket, rearward so the guides 8 rest against the` a sill to engage said sash'when it is withrear edges of the longitudinal recess 7. This drawn from said pocket, said sill being lo- 105 vbrings them into alinement with the guide 'cated to one side of the mouth of said pocket, strips in thev recesses 7 on4 the inside of the and a shoulder separating said sill from' pocket 2. The sash cang then be lowered, said pocket, said shoulder terminating short and the depth of the'pocket is such that of the ends of said sill to permit said outwhen the sash reachesl the bottom'thereot side guiding means-to beswungl past the 110 lthe top will be approzimately flush with the'A same when the sash is withdrawn from said top edge ofthe transverse shoulder 6. The pocket to engage said sill. upper part of the sash will retain its engage- In testimony whereof I have signed my ment Ywith, the"gu-i ve strips 8 in the longiname to this specification inthe presence of v tudinal recesses 7, ,solthat these guide strips two subscribing witnesses.

will be held 'n the required position for raisy ing the sash later. .As a result, the sash 31 AUGUST M' MODRY' will be in position at all times to engage Witnesses. the guide strips 8 in the upper part of the y GASIMIR ZTMMERMANN, 6a frame l, and all of thev parts will be held F. W. NERLICH. 

